Megan Gogerty’s new solo show Feet First In The Water With A Baby In My Teeth runs Sept. 9 – Oct. 2 at Riverside Theatre Coralville Center for the Performing Arts Hairspray The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its community spirit with homegrown acting company Circle City putting on the musical Hairspray. Once […]
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Stages for All Ages
Summer in Iowa City may bring with it a decrease in the number of students but, like parking places downtown, the city’s many stages always manage to stay occupied. This season brings a selection of theatre from the silly to the sublime, focusing often on families–many, though not all of the productions listed here, are suitable for family groups.
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Iowa City Weekender – October 1-3
This week’s Weekender is brought to you by Riverside Theatre THURSDAY A Dog’s Life | Riverside Theatre (213 N Gilbert) | 7:30 pm | $12-28 Yes, Weekenders, this is your last chance to see the all-ages, tail waggin’, on your back rollin’, belly scratchin’, bum sniffin’ musical comedy “A Dog’s Life” at Riverside Theatre. Big […]
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Iowa City Weekender – June 25-28
The IC Weekender is sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, July 2-4, 2009 **** LATE ADDITION: Official Michael Jackson Tribute Dance Party at the Picador tonight (Thursday 6/25, no cover downstairs, dress like Mike (and Farrah) would like! ***** Iowa City has been very kind to LV this week~~Â First, special thanks to the […]
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Iowa City Weekender – June 12-14
The IC Weekender is sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, July 2-4, 2009 Ah, just when we’ve started to recover from Arts Fest, the weekend is here again! Big thanks to Andre Perry and The Mill for bringing yet another world-class band to Iowa City–Last night’s Rock Plaza Central (http://www.rockplazacentral.com/) show was definitely one […]
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Birthing Medusa
When poet and teacher Barbara Lau began writing her first play about the transformation of the American teenager, she analyzed her knowledge of Greek mythology and found the famed goddess whose metamorphosis was one of the most terrifying and heartbreaking: Medusa. “Just because she has a beauty-and-the-beast transformation, that’s not enough. I looked at the […]
